EXHIBIT 23

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                         Independent Auditors' Consent
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The Board of Directors
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.:


We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(No.2-89857) on Form S-8 of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. of our report dated
October 18, 1995, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries as of July 31, 1995 and 1994, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash
flows and related schedule II for each of the years in the three-year period
ended July 31, 1995, which report appears in the July 31, 1995 annual report on
Form 10-K of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries. Our report
refers to a change in the method of accounting to adopt the provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.115, "Accounting for Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities" in fiscal 1995 and No.109,
"Accounting for Taxes" in fiscal 1994.



                              KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Jericho, New York
October 27, 1995


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